Film Festival!

Last Saturday, I met Michael over at Homestead after work and he showed me around the farm (including the mulberry tree...yum). Then we went to this festival put on by the new co-op that will open in Troy this fall, had some jamaican food outside until it rained and then went to check out the new co-op. and have a bit of wine and cheese over there. After walking around Troy (now marketing itself as "the walking city" - we passed the jamaican restaurant that sold at the festival three times, each time progressively more awkward), we played a bit of chess at a coffeeshop and then headed to the film festival. We watched "the real dirt on farmer john". I showed it for eat in act out week a couple years ago in boston but it was nice to see the whole thing without worrying about logistics, or what I was going to talk about after the movie. Plus, it was cool to see the way Angelic Organics worked from more of a farmers' perspective - i think they have about 600 CSA shares now so it's a HUGE farm, and we got shushed a bit during the movie for our whispered conversations about soil blocks and how to raise eggplant.

Sunday I did some napping and then watched the Eurocup final between Germany and Spain - so nice to see some soccer again! and my picture of the rainbow was accepted into the Massachusetts Ag calendar! So it was an exciting week.

Our chickens are doing great! They usually send out "welcome committee" anytime we walk by, whether or not we're coming into their pen to feed them. It kind of makes me feel like i'm a celebrity being followed by the chicken paparazzi.


Last week was my first week of distribution - we starting giving out swiss chard by the end of the week. This week we also have rutabagas and u-pick basil. Plus, we had help from lots of volunteers to put straw on our tomatoes, and then drive stakes into the ground and start to trellis them using a "basketweave" where you go back in forth in front and behind the plants to hold them up.